He's never going to win nor have any growth because he's just a vessel they use to promote the games.

And since Sun and Moon are coming out, time for him to go to a new region and start all over again!

Rinse and repeat. This is why the PKMN anime is...

Well its not garbage. It's just meant for little kids to see the characters from the games animated. Nothing more, nothing less. The anime is not meant to have crossover age appeal like the games. It literally is strictly for little kids.

Pokemons getting way too meta. Everyones like "You're seriously playing that kids game? And you still suck at it? Don't you have any aspirations in your life?" Meanwhile, Ash just sweats through his permanent grin as he plans to use the new game's Pokemon to suck at more battles

He's never going to win nor have any growth because he's just a vessel they use to promote the games.

And since Sun and Moon are coming out, time for him to go to a new region and start all over again!

Rinse and repeat. This is why the PKMN anime is...

Well its not garbage. It's just meant for little kids to see the characters from the games animated. Nothing more, nothing less. The anime is not meant to have crossover age appeal like the games. It literally is strictly for little kids.

Pretty much.The anime is predictable for a reason.They like to keep it status quo so it can coincide with whatever game is relevant at the time.

Come to think of it, almost every episode follows the same formula. Ash and co spot a Pokemon and/or run into an old friend, Team Rocket shows up to steal Pikachu, Pikachu kicks their ass, etc.

He's never going to win nor have any growth because he's just a vessel they use to promote the games.

And since Sun and Moon are coming out, time for him to go to a new region and start all over again!

Rinse and repeat. This is why the PKMN anime is...

Well its not garbage. It's just meant for little kids to see the characters from the games animated. Nothing more, nothing less. The anime is not meant to have crossover age appeal like the games. It literally is strictly for little kids.

Pretty much.The anime is predictable for a reason.They like to keep it status quo so it can coincide with whatever game is relevant at the time.

Come to think of it, almost every episode follows the same formula. Ash and co spot a Pokemon and/or run into an old friend, Team Rocket shows up to steal Pikachu, Pikachu kicks their ass, etc.

If this were real life, I would have murdered team rocket long ago. you could claim self defense for sure.

This week Toonami returns to normal, but that isn't such a bad thing, right? Beginning at Midnight, it's premieres of DBZ Kai, JoJo, Gundam IBO, Hunter x Hunter, Shippuden, and One Piece, then Saitama comes at 3 to punch out the lights! Only @Toonami!